Metaphors make the world
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Woven into the fabric of language, metaphors shape how we understand reality. What happens when we try using new ones? - by…
Woven into the fabric of language, metaphors shape how we understand reality. What happens when we try using new ones? - by…
An important but overlooked reason that the US struggles with the complexity of the contemporary strategic environment is that…
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How using metaphors can help us capture, process, and cope with a range of emotions surrounding climate change.
Want to make sure people get your message? Color it with the right emotion.
I was idly browsing my Twitter timeline recently (probably for the last time), when my eyes fell on some tweets by Buzz Baum, a…
The danger in statuesque metaphors is they can subconsciously discourage reinterpretation, which can further contribute to…
Susan SeredAmericans, like people in many countries, hold onto oddly inaccurate nostalgia about how war brings us together as a…
We think we’re learning more about the brain, but are we just replacing one story with another?The selfish gene. The Big Bang.
Today's Water Cooler: Chappaquiddick, motor vehicle sales, manfacturing, debt, Amtrak, Tesla autopilot and production numbers…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, thanks for your patience yesterday, and for holding the fort in the comments section…
The 2016 election and a wealth of psychological data show how much our reasoning can be influenced by how information is…
by Yohan J. John Scientists have long acknowledged the power of metaphor and analogy. Properly understood, analogical and…
I, like many others, from Leibniz to Lakoff, think that metaphors are important for human thinking and acting. They make us see…
The folks at Jigsaw teamed up with The Washington Post to create a browser plug-in that uses analogies to explain arcane…
By: Rose Hendricks, University of California, San…
If you're the type who spends parties hovering by the chip bowl, counting the minutes until you can leave and trying not to…
They don't call it a winning attitude for nothing. Politicians and salespeople alike are known for scheming speaking tactics…
They don't call it a winning attitude for nothing. Politicians and salespeople alike are known for scheming speaking tactics…
Stirring rhetoric is a celebrated aspect of art, and a controversial part of politics. But one study indicates that it could be…
Music may be the newest addition to a science communicator’s toolbox. A PLOS ONE paper published today describes an algorithm…
Occasionally a blog post comes along in your field which you feel is seminal, a must-read. Think Scott's just share or Jim's…
This post was originally published last year. I’m travelling for a few weeks, so I’m reloading some of my favourite stories…
Z acznijmy może od takiego komunału: język – czyli umiejętość skomplikowanej komunikacji, zdolność do przekazywania wiadomości…
Wyobraź sobie, że miasto w którym mieszkasz nie jest bezpieczne. Wzrasta poziom przestępczości, a kradzieży i napadów…
A small research arm of the U.S. government's intelligence establishment wants to understand how speakers of Farsi, Russian…
Toda vez que ocorre um crime hediondo no país -- como o ocorrido em Realengo no Rio de Janeiro -- a mídia traz à tona vários…
Toda vez que ocorre um crime hediondo no país -- como o ocorrido em Realengo no Rio de Janeiro -- a mídia traz à tona vários…
by Lena Groeger* “If I keep a pig as a pet, I can’t kick it. If I keep a pig I intend to sell for food, I can pretty much…
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Local effects on people's belief in global warming. Can I call this the…
Encore un coup dur porté à l’idée de l’homme “animal rationnel” et une brique de plus à l’édifice de l’économie comportementale.
Here’s a selection of recent neuroanthropology articles available online in pdf format. They are a strong set of papers that…
In this PLoS ONE media digest: four new species of Zombie-ant fungus are found, ancient Britons drink out of skull cups, Jimmy…
“Pare com a violência ou eu te mato” Qual a solução para a violência? Depende de qual metáfora você usar para ela. Se quiser…
Siempre me he preguntado porqué los escritos alegóricos, aunque sean falsos, recalan más fácilmente en la mente de los seres…
A gripping piece from Not Exactly Rocket Science describes how simply changing the metaphors used to describe crime can alter…
I’ve said it before, but the AAAS Meeting is my favorite scientific conference, a cross-disciplinary feast of research that’s…
Hoy fue publicado un interesante artículo en PLoS ONE el cual nos muestra la gran influencia que pueden tener las metáforas…
In 1990, in a depressed area of Buffalo, New York, eleven schoolgirls were raped. According to George Kelling, a criminal…